drop

Everyday

1. To drop is to let something fall from your hand; what you drop is lost to you. tree →
2. To drop is to fall or go down: «The temperature dropped». tree →
3. To drop someone off is to take them somewhere in a car and leave them there. tree →
4. A drop is a very small amount of liquid, like a drop of rain. tree →
5. A drop is a fall in an amount: «a drop in price». tree →
6. To drop off means to fall asleep. tree →

In the lessons

to let things fall, so the one who drops them has fewer; a temperature or price that drops goes down; in science we count drops of water; phrases: «drop off», «drop out», «a drop of», «drop by», «drop it»

Examples

• Sam drops 5 balloons. tree →
• Mia had 12 eggs and dropped 3. How many eggs are not dropped? tree →
• Ben dropped 4 of his 10 marbles. tree →
• The temperature dropped by 6 degrees overnight. tree →
• Dad drops us off at school at 8. tree →
• Add two drops of food colouring to the water. tree →
• Big drops of rain hit the window. tree →
• Don't drop your ice cream! tree →
• At last he dropped off to sleep. tree →

Note

Past: dropped (double p). «drops N» takes N away from the one who drops them. Trap: «the temperature drops» is a change in a measure, still subtract. Trap: «drop off» a person is not losing them.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Moses compares his teaching to rain and dew falling softly, which is read as Torah nourishing those who listen. In Job and Psalms, drops of dew and rain show God's care for the world, and "paths drop fatness" means His ways bring plenty. In the primary lessons: to let things fall, so the one who drops them has fewer; a temperature or price that drops goes down; in science we count drops of water; phrases: «drop off», «drop out», «a drop of», «drop by», «drop it»

Examples

• Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olives shall drop off. (Torah DEU.28.40, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Israel dwelleth in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone, in a land of corn and wine; yea, his heavens drop down dew. (Torah DEU.33.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. (Torah DEU.32.2, JPS 1917) tree →
• Or who hath begotten the drops of dew? (Writings JOB.38.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Which the skies pour down and drop upon the multitudes of men. (Writings JOB.36.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness. (Writings PSA.65.12, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Past: dropped (double p). «drops N» takes N away from the one who drops them. Trap: «the temperature drops» is a change in a measure, still subtract. Trap: «drop off» a person is not losing them.